homme fatal

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homme fatal

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Adapted borrowing from French homme fatal (literally “fatal man”), after femme fatale.

noun hommes fatals

An ultimately seductive and dangerous man; a womanizer. However, the danger of the homme fatal, as embodied in today's boyish male hustler, is that he will leave, disappearing to other loves, other lands.
Opposite: ingenu

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@misc{homme_fatal_2026,
  title = {homme fatal},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/homme%20fatal},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}